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ジャック・リード上院議員は公聴会にて、国防長官がトランプ氏に対しイランでの戦争に関する正確な状況を伝えていないと述べた。US politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email ピート・ヘグセス氏は、ドナルド・トランプ氏に対しイランとの戦争の正確な実態を伝えず、「危険なほど誇張された」発言を繰り返すことで米軍の勝利という不正確なイメージを作り出していると、民主党幹部が木曜日の連邦議会議事堂での公聴会で語った。上院軍事委員会の民主党筆頭委員であるジャック・リード氏は、ヘグセス国防長官に対し、勝利とは程遠く、米国民は燃料価格の上昇という形で、自らが支持していない戦争の代償を負わされていると述べた。 Continue reading...

• HouseのDemocratsは、Iran戦争開始以来初となる4月29日の公聴会において、Defense SecretaryのPete Hegsethを懐疑的に問い詰め、戦略とコストについて追及した。 • あるDemocrats議員は、激しいやり取りの中でHegsethの過去の発言を引用し、彼を党派的であると非難した。 • この対決は、支持率が急落する中、戦争の経済的代償とTrumpの外交政策をめぐる党派間の分断を浮き彫りにしている。

• イラン・アメリカ間の紛争により世界的な供給が脅かされ原油価格が急騰したが、2026年4月29日、VisaとStarbucksの好決算を背景に米国株は最高値圏で底堅く推移した。 • S&P 500は0.1%下落、ダウ平均は286ポイント（0.6%）下落、Nasdaqは0.1%上昇した。Visaの株価は、Ryan McInerney最高経営責任者（CEO）が指摘した底堅い消費者支出を受けて8.3%急騰し、Starbucksは北米での来店当たりの支出額増加により8.6%上昇した。 • Federal Reserve（連邦準備制度）の当局者は、エネルギー価格に起因するインフレを理由に2026年の利下げを行わない可能性を示唆した。これにより投資家の利下げ予測はほぼ消失し、むしろ利上げの可能性すら浮上したことで、債券市場は動揺した。

• Iran war による燃料価格への影響で inflation が上昇している兆候があるにもかかわらず、rate を変更しない決定が下されました。 • Bank of England は、Iran war の影響により inflation が加速し始めている兆候があるものの、UK interest rates を 3.75% で据え置きました。 • Bank の rate-setting monetary policy committee (MPC) は、最新の rate-setting meeting を経て、木曜日の正午に borrowing costs を据え置くことを票決しました。

• 国防長官は昨日のHouse（下院）での荒れたセッションを受け、Senate armed services committee（上院軍事委員会）で議員らからの質問を受ける予定。 • Pete HegsethがCapitol HillでDemocrats（民主党）から2日目の厳しい追及を受ける中、Senators（上院議員）らはIran戦争への対応を巡りPentagon（国防総省）トップを詰問、あるいは称賛する初めての機会を得る。Breaking News USのメール登録はこちら。 • 国防長官は昨日、約6時間にわたるHouse armed services committeeの公聴会でDemocratsや一部のRepublicans（共和党）と激しく対立した。そこで同氏は、戦争にかかる費用（ドル）、人命、そして重要兵器の減少する備蓄について追及を受けた。

• ミュージシャンである彼とその妻でクリエイティブ・コンサルタントの Kim Sion は、Hodge Podge が創造性とコミュニティの概念を広げることを願っている。 • Jarvis Cocker とその妻でクリエイティブ・コンサルタントの Kim Sion がキュレーションを手がける新しい展覧会が、来年 Hepworth Wakefield で開催され、人々が自らの創造性を発見することを促すことを目指す。 • 2027年5月に開幕する Hodge Podge では、アートのあり方に関する従来の概念に挑戦する、独自の視点で選定された作品群が展示される。 Continue reading...

• Federal Reserveは水曜日、Iranでの戦争の中でインフレが上昇することへの懸念を理由に、指標となるfederal funds rateを3.5%から3.75%で据え置くことを決定した。 • これは、2025年9月、10月、および12月の3回連続の25-basis-pointの引き下げに続く、Fedによる金利調整停止の継続を意味する。 • Jerome Powell議長は、東部時間（ET）午後2時30分にこの決定について説明するため記者会見を行う予定であり、これはFederal Reserve議長としての彼にとって最後となる可能性のある金利発表となる。

Fed当局者は、高水準のインフレ、雇用の伸びの鈍化、およびMiddle Eastにおける不確実性を、金利据え置きの理由として挙げている Breaking News USのメールに登録して、ニュースレターのアラートをインボックスで受け取ってください US Federal Reserveは、来月の指導部刷新に向けた準備が進む中、最新の理事会後に金利を据え置き、Donald Trumpによる利下げ要求を再び退けた。 水曜日、Fed当局者は、高止まりするインフレ、雇用の伸びの鈍化、およびMiddle Eastにおける不確実性を、金利が据え置かれた理由として引き続き挙げた。 続きを読む...

• Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabeは、最近の銃撃事件とは無関係の移民法および銃器関連の罪を認めたため、罰金刑と国外追放処分を受けた。 • ヨハネスブルグの富裕層居住区にあるムガベ一家の自宅で、従業員の背中に銃撃が行われた事件から3ヶ月後、ロバート・ムガベ元大統領の末息子が、これとは別の2つの罪を認めたため、罰金刑と南アフリカからの出国を命じられた。 • Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe（28歳）と従兄弟のTobias Mugabe Matonhodze（33歳）は、2月19日の事件後、当初は共に殺人未遂容疑で起訴されていた。続きを読む...

• Harris County Public Healthの最新報告書により、ヒューストンの結核罹患率がテキサス州で最も高く、都市部における感染リスクが浮き彫りになった。 • データは、ヒューストン地域の人口密集や社会経済的要因に関連して症例が増加していることを示している。 • 結核の発生率上昇に伴い、ハイリスク・コミュニティでの拡大を抑えるための重点的なスクリーニングと治療範囲の拡大が求められている。

The Arab oil producer has long expressed frustration with the quotas it has to follow as part of OPEC, the cartel of major state-owned oil producers.(Image credit: Joe Klamar)

Resolution Foundation report says ‘crisis’ stems from rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job supportBritain has the third-highest rate of young people not in work or education among Europe’s richest countries because of rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job support, a report has warned.The Resolution Foundation thinktank said the UK was facing a “crisis” in youth jobs amid a dramatic rise in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (Neets) to almost 1 million – the highest level in more than a decade. Continue reading...

• Florida's KidCare expansion remains stalled in legal limbo since February 2024, preventing coverage for more children. • Uninsured children in the state have risen to 400,000, one of the highest tallies nationwide. • Delay exacerbates access issues as federal funds await resolution, impacting low-income families significantly.

• Environmental Working Group study finds 20% of Americans used systems with elevated nitrate levels from 2021-2023 data. • Nitrate poses health risks including cancer and developmental issues in contaminated supplies. • Affects millions nationwide, urging stricter regulations and testing.

• The Federal Reserve released minutes from its April 16 policy meeting, revealing internal division over the appropriate timeline for interest rate cuts, with several governors questioning whether inflation has declined sufficiently to warrant near-term reductions. • Hawks on the committee expressed concern that premature rate cuts could reignite price pressures, while doves argued that pausing at 5.5% risks unnecessarily constraining growth and employment, setting the stage for a contentious May 2 vote. • Market reactions to the minutes were mixed, with bond futures pricing in only a 28% probability of a rate cut by July 2026, down from 35% before the release, while equity index futures declined 0.6% on expectation of extended higher rates.

• Broadcom provided second-quarter guidance of $9.2 billion in revenues, exceeding analyst estimates by 6%, driven by surging demand for data center semiconductors and artificial intelligence accelerators from cloud computing providers. • CEO Hock Tan stated that AI-related semiconductor orders are tracking 40% above historical averages, with major customers committing to long-term capacity agreements through 2028, signaling sustained strong demand. • The robust guidance helped lift semiconductor index ETFs 2.1% during extended trading and sparked upgrades from multiple analysts who raised price targets on Broadcom by 8–12% based on improved visibility into AI infrastructure spending cycles.

Exclusive: Report shows cost of first appointment rose $20 in one year, with steeper rises in Western Australia, South Australia and TasmaniaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPatients are increasingly going without medically necessary dermatological care, the head of the Consumers Health Forum said, as new report reveals the rising cost of the specialty in Australia.Dermatology is expensive and getting pricier, with an average first visit now costing an adult patient without concessions $230 out-of-pocket, while follow-up appointments cost almost $190, the report from health directory Cleanbill found. Continue reading...

Uncle Jack Pearson, an army captain, says heckling ‘not in the Anzac spirit’ after welcome to country booed in Sydney, Melbourne and PerthIndigenous speakers booed while Ben Roberts-Smith attends separate Gold Coast eventMarcia Langton: The AFL bans disruptive racists. Surely police can do the same for morons who boo welcome to countryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndigenous leaders have condemned people who booed welcome to country speeches at Anzac Day dawn services across the country, with an army captain stating “racism is a cancer”.Elders who spoke at services in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth on Saturday morning were booed following a campaign by Fight for Australia, the group formerly known as March for Australia, which has previously staged major anti-immigration rallies. Continue reading...

Haris Doukas warns that with 700,000 residents and 8 million tourists, people are being pushed out of their neighbourhoodsIn the heart of ancient Athens, on narrow streets and around archaeological sites, visitor groups appear to be everywhere, snaking their way behind tour guides.Previously, officials would have welcomed such scenes. But for Haris Doukas, the socialist mayor who is determined to reclaim the capital’s congested city centre for its citizens, the start of tourist season leaves the city at risk of “over-saturation.” Entire neighbourhoods, he believes, are in danger of losing their authenticity because of uncontrolled tourist development. Continue reading...

Four men face murder charges in case of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp, whose body was found in a wooded areaFour people have been arrested in connection to the 1982 killing of a Louisiana teenager, investigators announced on Friday.State police troopers said tips generated by a true-crime podcast they were involved in making – along with improvements in investigative technologies – helped them make arrests in the killing of Roxanne Sharp, 16, about 44 years earlier. Continue reading...

• President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to expedite access to treatments for patients with serious mental illness. • The FDA is accelerating its review process for mental health therapies in response to the directive. • This policy shift aims to reduce barriers to treatment approval and expand therapeutic options for affected patients.

Lack of a sustained plan to end the war has convinced US allies that the White House is running out of ideasNearly eight weeks after Donald Trump launched his assault on Iran, the White House has shifted from a strategy of shock-and-awe bombardments and leadership decapitation to a plan of sustained economic pressure as it tests the wills of a regime practiced over decades at wars of attrition.Since the negotiations stalled, the White House has begun to shift its messaging to say it is willing to wait to strike a more durable deal with Iran – despite the growing economic toll inflicted on the world economy by the closure of the strait of Hormuz. The reason, senior officials have said, is because of the joint US-Israeli strikes were so successful that they have fractured Iran’s leadership and prevented a new consolidation of power. Continue reading...

Rival to government plans would scrap net zero policies, as party aims to woo sector after decades of job lossesReform UK has asked steel bosses to draw up an “alternative steel strategy” to rival recent government plans, stoking industry fears over a charm offensive by Nigel Farage’s party as it eyes gains in former Labour heartlands.Richard Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, met a group of bosses shortly before Labour announced new steel tariffs in March and commissioned them to draft a competing plan that will include scrapping net zero policies. Continue reading...

Tensions around US negotiations may reflect mistake of assassinating more pragmatic and experienced figuresMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the infighting between moderates and hardliners in Iran’s leadership is so intense that the country has “no idea who their leader is”, but many Iranian experts questioned his analysis, saying that – given the mass assassinations of senior commanders – the country has shown remarkable institutional cohesion.Trump’s allegations of “CRAZY” splits in the Iranian leadership – the second outing for this argument in three days – is remarkable since he has previously said either he has little knowledge of the new Iranian leadership or that there has already been regime change. Continue reading...

Adam Hall, of Tyne and Wear, will serve at least 23 years in prison, with victims describing lasting traumaA “callous, calculating sexual predator” who raped and deliberately infected young, vulnerable men with HIV has been jailed for life and told he must serve at least 23 years.Adam Hall, 43, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, is the second man in the UK ever to be found guilty of intentionally setting out to spread the virus. Continue reading...

Radio company ARN’s defence alleges the shock jock denigrated executives, censors, critics and the audience of the Kyle and Jackie O ShowFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereKyle Sandilands repeatedly berated Kiis FM executives, the radio station’s censors, critics of the Kyle and Jackie O Show and the Melbourne audience in expletive-laden rants, according to federal court documents.The details of the alleged tirades, which aired months before the shock jock was sacked and accused of “serious misconduct” by ARN, are contained in the company’s defence of an $85m claim filed by Sandilands. Continue reading...

• The average 30-year fixed-rate conforming mortgage rate in the US reached 6.218%, up 3 basis points from the prior day amid fluctuating bond yields. • 15-year fixed-rate averaged 5.450%, down 4 basis points, while jumbo 30-year hit 6.538%; week-over-week, 30-year conventional fell 6 basis points to 6.218% from 6.279%. • Rates reflect Optimal Blue data for loans locked as of April 20, signaling modest stabilization despite economic pressures from high energy prices.